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Starting at the Prime Meridian and heading eastwards, the parallel 34° north passes through:
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Co-ordinates Country, territory or sea Notes 34°0′N 0°0′E / 34°N 0°E / 34; 0 (Prime Meridian) Algeria 34°0′N 7°33′E / 34°N 7.55°E / 34; 7.55 (Tunisia) Tunisia 34°0′N 10°3′E / 34°N 10.05°E / 34; 10.05 (Mediterranean Sea) Mediterranean Sea Passing just north of Beirut, Lebanon 34°0′N 35°39′E / 34°N 35.65°E / 34; 35.65 (Lebanon) Lebanon 34°0′N 36°22′E / 34°N 36.367°E / 34; 36.367 (Syria) Syria 34°0′N 40°6′E / 34°N 40.1°E / 34; 40.1 (Iraq) Iraq 34°0′N 45°27′E / 34°N 45.45°E / 34; 45.45 (Iran) Iran 34°0′N 60°30′E / 34°N 60.5°E / 34; 60.5 (Afghanistan) Afghanistan 34°0′N 69°54′E / 34°N 69.9°E / 34; 69.9 (Pakistan) Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Areas 34°0′N 70°10′E / 34°N 70.167°E / 34; 70.167 (Afghanistan) Afghanistan 34°0′N 70°55′E / 34°N 70.917°E / 34; 70.917 (Pakistan) Pakistan Federally Administered Tribal Area
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa - passing through Peshawar
Punjab - for about 8km
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Punjab - for about 3km
Azad Kashmir - claimed by India34°0′N 74°15′E / 34°N 74.25°E / 34; 74.25 (India) India Jammu and Kashmir - claimed by Pakistan 34°0′N 78°45′E / 34°N 78.75°E / 34; 78.75 (Aksai Chin) Aksai Chin Disputed between India and People's Republic of China 34°0′N 78°54′E / 34°N 78.9°E / 34; 78.9 (China) People's Republic of China Tibet
Qinghai
Sichuan − for about 4 km
Qinghai
Gansu
Sichuan
Gansu
Shaanxi
Henan
Anhui
Henan
Anhui
Jiangsu − for about 5 km
Anhui − for about 4 km
Jiangsu34°0′N 120°23′E / 34°N 120.383°E / 34; 120.383 (East China Sea) East China Sea Passing by several islands of South Korea 34°0′N 127°19′E / 34°N 127.317°E / 34; 127.317 (South Korea) South Korea Port Hamilton islands 34°0′N 127°20′E / 34°N 127.333°E / 34; 127.333 (Korea Strait) Korea Strait Passing just south of Tsushima Island, Japan 34°0′N 130°55′E / 34°N 130.917°E / 34; 130.917 (Japan) Japan Island of Honshū:
— Yamaguchi Prefecture
Island of Shikoku:
— Ehime Prefecture
— Tokushima Prefecture
Island of Honshū:
— Wakayama Prefecture
— Nara Prefecture
— Mie Prefecture34°0′N 136°16′E / 34°N 136.267°E / 34; 136.267 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing between the islands of Miyakejima and Mikurajima, Japan
Passing just south of San Miguel Island, California, United States34°0′N 120°14′W / 34°N 120.233°W / 34; -120.233 (United States) United States California - Santa Rosa Island and Santa Cruz Island 34°0′N 119°33′W / 34°N 119.55°W / 34; -119.55 (Pacific Ocean) Pacific Ocean Passing just south of Anacapa Island, California, United States 34°0′N 118°29′W / 34°N 118.483°W / 34; -118.483 (United States) United States California - passing through Los Angeles
Arizona
New Mexico
Texas
Oklahoma
Arkansas
Mississippi
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina - passing through Columbia
North Carolina34°0′N 77°54′W / 34°N 77.9°W / 34; -77.9 (Atlantic Ocean) Atlantic Ocean 34°0′N 6°53′W / 34°N 6.883°W / 34; -6.883 (Morocco) Morocco Passing through Rabat 34°0′N 1°40′W / 34°N 1.667°W / 34; -1.667 (Algeria) Algeria
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